Sad news broke for cricket lovers on Sunday morning: former Australian cricketer Andrew Symonds has died at the age of 46. According to media reports, Andrew Symonds was killed in a car accident in Townsville on Saturday night. Local police said Symonds was seriously injured in the crash. Symonds is survived by his wife Laura and his two young children, Chloe and Billy.
Symonds’ wife said in a conversation with the Australian media that she is completely shocked and only thinks of two children. She paid tribute to Symonds, saying that she was “a very simple person and always had time for everyone”.
Symonds, who was the greatest all-rounder in world cricket, played his first career international against Pakistan in November 1998. He did not get a chance to bat in this ODI match. At the same time he bowled 2 overs and did not take any wickets. Following this, Symonds was exhausted after scoring 8 runs in his second career ODI. But his bat ran in Game 3. He scored an unbeaten 68. Symonds got the first ODI wicket in match three. In this match played against India, he gave up 25 runs in 7 overs. He played the last ODI of his career against Pakistan in May 2009.
Symonds’ trial run did not last long. He played the debut test match against Sri Lanka in March 2004. He had a clean sheet in the first innings of this match. While he scored 24 runs in the second inning. He got a wicket in the first innings of this match. Symonds last played a test match against South Africa in December 2008.
If we look at Symonds’ overall career, he’s been effective. He has scored 5,088 runs in 198 ODI matches. During this he has also taken 133 wickets. While 1462 runs have been scored in 26 Test matches. Symonds has taken 24 wickets in Test matches. He has had a great performance in domestic games. Symonds has scored 11,099 runs in 424 List A matches. While 14,477 runs have been scored in 376 innings of top-flight matches. He has taken 282 wickets in List A and 242 wickets in First Class matches.